It may seem contradictory but desire can actually be there with desirelessness.

There are three general kinds of desire - and there is nothing wrong with any kind. The first leads to the second and the second to the third.

The first kind is when we desire what we believe we lack. But because we actually lack nothing this kind of desire is designed to tire us out and then we come to desire only truth. And with the desire for truth we don't assume anything - not even that we are lacking. Without any assumptions about anything at all we are then open to discover what is actually true.

When we discover truth we realize nothing is lacking and therefore desire based on the belief in lack falls away. But this does not mean that we go through the rest of our time here without any desire. From the foundation of desirelessness or the knowing that nothing additional is needed for a sense of well-being there is still the desire to more fully express what we know ourself to be. It is only when we realize the truth of our being that we then begin to learn how to actually live here and now.

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It is all very simple.Instead of seeing things imagined, learn to see them as they are. When you can see everything as it is, you will also see yourself as you are. It is like cleansing a mirror. The same mirror that shows you the world as it is, will also show you your own face." Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Einstein said, "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."